We engage with academic, policy, and public communities to share evidence on gender inequality in time use. This page showcases some of our talks, events, media contributions, and commentary from the past year.
Year in Review 2025
Talks & Conferences
Conference presentations, invited talks, academic seminars...
Highlights &
Recent Engagements
Media / video / public-facing content
International Women’s Day interview — “Gender and time use: the hidden gender inequality shaping everyday life”
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Date: 8 March 2025
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Type: Video / Public outreach
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People: Man-Yee Kan & Grace Chang
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Workshops / academic community building
Time Use Workshops in London (with Centre for Time Use Research, UCL)
Participants had the opportunity to learn about time use data and analysis techniques (including a short introduction), and network with like-minded researchers and time use research enthusiasts.
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Date: 16–17 June 2025
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Type: Workshop
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Partners: Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR), UCL
Conference & invited talks
Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference — “Gender differences in leisure time in East Asian and Western societies”
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Date: 6 December 2025
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Type: Conference presentation
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Speaker: Man-Yee Kan
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Venue: Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Conference
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Suggested one-liner: Comparative evidence on gendered leisure time across East Asian and Western contexts.
Asian Families Workshop, National Taiwan University — Keynote: “The stalled gender revolution in time use”
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Type: Keynote / Invited talk
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Speaker: Man-Yee Kan
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Venue: Asian Families Workshop, National Taiwan University
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Suggested one-liner: A keynote examining why progress toward gender equality in time use has slowed or stalled.
Conference presentations
Parental Education and Childcare Time in the US, UK, Canada, Japan, and Korea between the 1980s and 2020s
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2025 ASA Annual Conference, Chicago
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Type: Oral presentation
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Authors: Matthew Henglong Luo, Kefan Xue, & Man-Yee Kan
How does Education affect Housework, Childcare, Paid Work, and Leisure Time? Patterns in East Asia and Anglophone Countries from the 1980s to the 2020s
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2025 ASA Annual Conference, Chicago
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Type: Oral presentation
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Authors: Matthew Henglong Luo, Grace Chang, & Man-Yee Kan
The First Comparative Study of British Workers’ Work Location and Well-Being Before, During, and After COVID-19
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2025 BSPS Annual Conference, Swansea
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Type: Oral presentation
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Authors: Zhuofei Lu, Henglong Luo, Yucheng He & Man-Yee Kan
Policy engagement / knowledge exchange
Using computational social science to improve public safety — Zhuofei Lu shares research with policymakers
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Date: 17 September 2025
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Type: Policy engagement / Knowledge exchange
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People: Zhuofei Lu
Public engagement / events
Festival of Social Science 2025 — “Invisible Work” (GenTime session)
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Date/Time: Tuesday 28 October 2025, 10:00–13:00
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Type: Public event / Festival session
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People: GenTime team (all)